List of Famous people born in Tyumen Oblast, Russia
Maria Sharapova
Maria Yuryevna Sharapova is a Russian former professional tennis player. Although she played under the banner of Russia with the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), she has lived in and been a United States permanent resident since 1994. Sharapova competed on the WTA tour from 2001 to 2020 and had been ranked world No. 1 in singles by the WTA on five separate occasions, for a total of 21 weeks. She is one of ten women, and the only Russian, to hold the career Grand Slam. She is also an Olympic medalist, having won a silver medal in women's singles at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. Sharapova achieved a rare level of longevity in tennis, with several tennis pundits and former players calling Sharapova one of tennis' best competitors.
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Andrei Andreyevich Vasilevskiy is a Russian professional ice hockey goaltender for the Tampa Bay Lightning of the National Hockey League (NHL). Vasilevskiy was drafted in the first round, 19th overall, by the Lightning at the 2012 NHL Entry Draft.
Grigory Siyatvinda
Grigory Davidovich Siyatvinda is a Russian stage and film actor, Merited Artist of the Russian Federation (2006), State Prize of the Russian Federation laureate (2004).
Elena Korikova
Elena Yuryevna Korikova is a Russian theater and television actress. She is perhaps the best known for her role of Anna Platonova in television series Bednaya Nastya.
Anton Shipulin
Anton Vladimirovich Shipulin is a retired Russian biathlete and politician serving as the member of the State Duma since 2019.
Anastasiya Kuzmina
Anastasiya Vladimirovna Kuzmina is a retired Russian-born Slovak biathlete.
Isolda Dychauk
Isolda Dychauk is a German actress of Russian descent.
Tatiana Abramova
Tatiana Albertovna Abramova is a Russian actress and singer.
Gulnaz Gubaydullina
Gulnaz Radikovna Gubaydullina is a Russian modern pentathlete. She has qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics. At the 2017 World Modern Pentathlon Championships, Gubaydullina won the gold medal in the individual competition, becoming the second Russian woman to do so.
Valery Falkov
Valery Nikolayevich Falkov is a Russian jurist and politician who is serving from 21 January 2020 as the Minister of Science and Higher Education of Russia. Prior to that he was the rector of Tyumen State University.